Automobile-signal.



D. E. ST. JACQUES.

' AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL. APPLICATION FILED JAN.29, 19x5.

L171,365.- Patented. Feb. 8,1916. .4 '-2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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ride. a signal comprising a rotary disk hav- To all whom'z'tj na'y concern:

ing at Springfieldain the county of Hamp-, b

' .-vented certain new" and useful Improvements"in Automobile-Signals; and. I do hereby declare the following to be .a full,1-

"DE PHIs EQSTnJAGQUES,OFSiRINQEIELD MASSliCHUSETTSf I Be -it known that I, Dsnrrirs JAcQUEs,.citizen iofthe United States, residden and State of? Massachusetts, have inclear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make a'nduse the same.

This invention .relates to signa auto 'vehicles, and one of the principalobjects of the same is -'to rovide simple, reliable and efficient means for indicating at the rear of auto. vehicles the direction in which the vehicle" is about to-turn, or whether it is to on in the way of words to indicate the conditi'on at'the head'of the auto vehicle, and means within-reach of the driver to turn the "stop, or go slow, or to back up;

,Another: object of the invention is to proingvarious directions or indications theredisk to that the various instructions maybe conveyed to the vehicles in the rear.

' The foregoing and other objects maybe attained by means of the construction illus- 30- trated in the accompanying drawings, in WlliChf v Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view-and.

partial plan view of an auto vehicle-signal niade in accordance with this invention,\Fig.- 2 1s a view in elevation of the lever rack or 3 sector for indicating. the position of the dial or disk at the rear of the vehicle, Fig 3 is a detailsectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4c is a View in elevation of the casing for containing the indicator dial, Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of a friction device for holding the shaft in anyof its adjusted positions, Fig. 6 is a view in elevation or'nlan of the indicating device removed from the casing, Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view showing the lights "within thecasing, and Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view of the friction device for holding the longitudinal shaft in adjusted position.

designates a bracket provided with an angular member 2 secured to a portion of the auto vehicle frame 3 at the rear end thereof. Supported upon the bracket 1 is a casing 4: provided with a cover 5. The cover 5 has Specification of Letters i'atent. 7 Application filed January 29,1915, 7 Serial 5,066.

Back l, liiglitl, Left G Slow The extreme of the slur mounted therein is: provided with I 20,'said sp ngloefor an 'electric light bulb 23 located'a Referring to the drawings, the numerall AUToMoBm -siemm m nta Feinsjiom,

casing Eis a disk 9,,saiil disk upon its outer;

face being provided with indicatin ,(li-rectIOIIS'tlIQI'QOII 'coniprlsmg the words. top

mounted in a boss 10 secnred fb' the cover 5 of the casing, X. aiect ff l'ass 11 i'ssecure'd in frontof the openin by holdin devicesplZ. The indi'catin disk 9' is provided witha'face, plate l3cupon one side thereof, said face plate being connected to the disk, and uponthe opposite s de, of

the disk is a face plate ll having illnlb l5 r extending into the enlarged portion. of the bracket 1. e: hub 15 is: provi(led .w itli curved surfaces 16 corresponding to lllle;pQ.:-

sitions of the indicating words 9,1and in order to hold thefhaftlrig 1n position when one of the words ad'i sted in relation to the opening (3,a-spring detent comprlsing ahead" 17 having a' r'ol 19 encircled bya spring lng disposedin a housing 21-for ne enlarged. portion 8 of the bracket l In. the cover 5 ofthe casing s'a.

side of the opening 6. The fro. 6 end of the shaft 7 is mounted in a hearing plate 24 admeshes with a similar gear 26 on a shaft 27 extefidingat right angles to the shaft 7 and moun ed in a sector rack 28- secured to the frame 3 of the auto vehicle vxithin reach of the ,driver. Fixed to the outer end of the shaft 27 is a lever 29. The sector rack is provided with a curved or arcuate indicator 30 on the inner side of which the words 4 7) Left, 77 L 77, 4 ,7 and Back appear. Between these words are grooves 31, While upon the opposite side of the rack 30 are similar grooves 32 ar ranged intermediate the grooves 31, as

shown more clearly in Fig. 1. Secured to the lever 29 is a spring pawl 33 having a detent 34 secured thereto. The pawl 33 is secured by means of a rivet 35 to the lever 29 atone end, whilethe opposite end is jacent to the drivers seat, and said shaft 15 provided -with a beveled gear 25 which ancing said disk.

opening to receive the reduced portion 36 of a pu'shbutton 37 pro% vided with a head 38. When it is desired to remove the detent 34 from the grooves 31, the button 37 is pushed inward against the tension of the spring pawl 33 When the lever 29 may be moved to any position indicated noon the sector 30 and the same indication will appear at the opening 6 in the cover 5. The grooves 32 are for a left hand drive, and the grooves 31 fora right hand drive.

Secured to; the rear side of the indicator disk 9 is a Wood or fibrous ring 39 having a recess in the front side thereof to reinforce the disk 9 and a piece-of copper 40 secured in said recess to provide a Weight for bal- An electric light bulb may be disposed near the sector rack as well as in the casing, in order that the lever 29 may be adjusted properly to indicate the conditions of the road in advance throughthe o ening 6 on the disk 9.

From the for'egoing it will be obvious that provided with an a guard or signal made in accordance With this invention will eliminate many accidents, andcan be readily connected to any auto vehicle.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction ithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims.

What is claimed is I 1; An automobile signal comprising a bracket secured to the frame of an automobile, an enlarged portion formed on said bracket, and provided With an aperture therein, a cover secured to the bracket and provided With an opening therein, a bearing secured to said cover and in horizontal alinement With the aperture of the. enlarged portion, a shaft extending through the enlarged ortion and into thebea-ring, a disk mounts the enlarged portion for controlling the disk at predetermined points, and means for rotating the shaft.

on said shaft, means mounted in secured to the rear Walls of the-disk and provided With a recess therein, a 'Weight mounted -in said recesses adapted tobalance said disk and means for rotating the shaft. v a '51..- e5 3. An automobile. signal comprising a bracket secured to the frame ofan' ammobile, an enlarged portion formed. 2 bracket and provided with; an g3 therein, a casing secured tosaid b'rac extending beyond the "loweron bracket, said casing provided'TWith aperture therein in horizontal alinement with, the aperture of the enlarged portion, ;afco se"- cured to the bracket and to-the casing; nd proyided with. an opening therein, (a: bearing secured to said cover and in: horizontal 'alinement With the aperture'of the enlarged portion and the aperture ofthe casingfa shaft extending through the enlargedepo'rtio and into the .bearing, a disk'mounted oh said shaft means mounted in the enlarged i'p ors tion &or controlling. the disk at. predetermined points, shaft. p 7 s5 In testimony whereof I affix my signature and means for rotating the j 1n presence of two Witnesses.

DELlRHIS E. JACQUES.

WVitnesses: l

NELSOb T. ST. JACQUES, RALPH M. WIGHT, 

